This year’s Educause Higher Education Technology Conference held in Nashville, Tennessee was the biggest and best ever. Focused on Converging and Emerging Technology in the 21^st Century, the event provided 6,000 conferees with four days rich in opportunities to connect with people and ideas. And Jenzabar, sporting a new booth and a new commanding presence, by all accounts stole the show.

Throngs of higher ed IT professionals mobbed Jenzabar’s six demo stations and large presentation area. Attendees wanted a chance to win a trip to Cancun by spinning the large wheel centered in Jenzabar’s exhibit space. To be eligible, players acquired a "passport," which had to be stamped by each of the Jenzabar companies at their respective booths — CARS, CMDS, Campus America and Quodata. Busy Jenzabar representatives at all five exhibit booths handed out nearly 2,000 passports during 16 open exhibit hours.

To further focus on "Five have become One", some 5,000 soccer balls were bouncing around the exhibit hall. Each Jenzabar ball carried the names of the four administrative software companies that merged with Jenzabar. While the event was exciting, Jenzabar had a lot of substance to offer attendees. The press conference in Jenzabar’s "hospitality" suite presented an "end-to-end" integration theme and announced the new two-flagship product strategy. Jenzabar was clearly showing the effects of this banner year of continuous growth.

Wednesday evening a group of 200 prospects and clients were invited to spend an evening at the Opryland Country Club for dinner and entertainment. Melody was provided by the Supremes, who sang and danced for well over an hour and a half. Clearly thrilled to be part of the groundbreaking changes at Jenzabar, one customer closed an appreciative e-mail with "Thanks to Jenzabar for the opportunity to interact with other users and be involved in the beginning of new relationships!